By Jay Greenberg It was no reflection on Jon Jay and his .292 on-base-percentage, said Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, that Matt Carpenter led off Thursday night for the first time in his 136-game Major League career.
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Cards back Lynn with 10 runs in win vs. Bucs
By Jenifer Langosch The Cardinals’ offense erased any suspense about how manager Mike Matheny would set up his bullpen by scoring 10 times in the first three innings of the series opener at Pittsburgh to win, 10-6, on Monday.
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Matheny likely to adjust Cards' bullpen strategy
By Jenifer Langosch A day after another late-inning meltdown by the back end of the bullpen, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny indicated that closer duties were likely to be spread around until the club regained some late-inning stability.
Lohse returns to warm reception in St. Louis
By Jenifer Langosch A day after starting against his former club, Kyle Lohse, wearing his new Brewers pullover, was invited into the Cardinals’ clubhouse to visit with teammates and manager Mike Matheny prior to Saturday’s game.
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Freese out of lineup day after season debut
By Jenifer Langosch A day after returning to the Cardinals’ lineup, David Freese was back on the sideline Tuesday, as manager Mike Matheny opted to instead start Matt Carpenter at third base. …read more
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Cards bullpen in flux while Motte mends
By Jenifer Langosch Cardinals manager Mike Matheny is accustomed to closing games with a formulaic sequence of Edward Mujica, Mitchell Boggs and Jason Motte. But with Motte opening the season on the disabled list, Matheny seeks late-inning stability without his closer. …read more
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Learning on the job, equable Matheny a hit in St. Louis
By Richard Justice To take over for one of the game’s most successful managers and to keep the Cardinals running smoothly was a terrific accomplishment. Mike Matheny was an unconventional choice to replace Tony La Russa, and he might have been a perfect choice, too. …read more
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Mike Matheny: St. Louis Cardinals Manager, Youth Sports Blogger
By Bob Cook, Contributor In his spare time from managing a Major League Baseball team, Mike Matheny, following a manifesto that established him as one of the more passionate, and wordy, opinionators in youth sports, is going to try his hand at blogging about that subject. Given the short bursts so far, he’s not about to write another manifesto, though perhaps he’ll work his way up to something that’s more to the length of a screed. Some of his blog ties experiences with being a St. Louis Cardinals manager with what happens at the youth sports level. …read more
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Cardinals' Matheny will undergo back surgery
By Associated Press Cardinals manager Mike Matheny planned to leave the team after Sunday’s spring training game and return to St. Louis for surgery to repair a ruptured disk in his lower back. …read more
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Banning Catcher Crashes
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Former catcher and current St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny is in the news for his opinion on catchers blocking home plate, and generally when an article begins with a sentence like “former player and current manager so-and-so is in the news for his opinion about an aspect of the sport he played and works in,” it’s because he wishes something about his current job was more like it was back in his day. Not so this time: On Tuesday he voiced his recent conversion to the idea that collisions at home plate, between runners trying to score and the catchers trying to stop them, should be banned.
Garcia pleased with first spring start
By Matthew Leach Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said Tuesday that he doesn’t view left-hander Jaime Garcia as a variable or a question, but simply as one of the team’s five starters. Garcia’s performance in that afternoon’s game lent a little weight to that assessment. …read more
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Matheny wants to ban home-plate collisions
By Matthew Leach Cardinals manager Mike Matheny has changed his mind completely when it comes to collisions at home plate, and he is looking forward to explaining his position to Major League Baseball. Matheny has requested a meeting with Joe Torre, MLB‘s executive vice president of baseball operations, to discuss the matter. …read more
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Righty Miller shut down for precautionary reasons
Right-hander Shelby Miller will not throw his scheduled side session on Wednesday for precautionary reasons, manager Mike Matheny said before the team took the field for workouts. …read more
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Cards extend Mozeliak, pick up Matheny option
By Associated Press The St. Louis Cardinals announced a three-year contract extension with general manager John Mozeliak on Thursday and exercised the 2014 option for manager Mike Matheny, hoping the pair will keep the team contending for the World Series. …read more
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Mozeliak, Matheny getting extensions with Cards
By Jenifer Langosch The Cardinals have scheduled a Thursday morning news conference to announce contract extensions for general manager John Mozeliak and manager Mike Matheny. …read more
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Matheny addresses report of financial issues
A day after Mike Matheny‘s current financial situation — one that has him facing potential bankruptcy due to a series of investments gone wrong — was delineated, in detail, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cardinals manager stressed that terming it as “financial woe” would be a mischaracterization.
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